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    Strange problem (higher speeds but lower quality)

    Ok, this one has me stumped. I've got Charter cable 5MB service and for the past 5-6 years I've always got a pretty consistant 4.5-5Mbps download speed. (Just using speedtest.net). Never had any problems playing online games or watching videos via Hulu, Netflix, etc. Starting last week Wed, my...
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    Couple Wins 4 $350,000 SuperCash! Prizes

    Couple Wins 4 $350,000 SuperCash! Prizes Tickets Came From 4 Different Stores http://www.channel3000.com/news/17257468/detail.html Dam, I can't even win a measly $100 let alone $350,000 4 times at once! :|
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    s754 MB w/ AGP

    I recently jumped on the deal at Newegg for the AMD 64 3400+ w/ the BIOSTAR NF325-A7 motherboard. I would like to try and get this processor up to around 2.6 which I have read is possible. I have no idea how good/bad this BIOSTAR board is but since its being thrown in for free I'm sure its...
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    Documentation Software

    Our IT department is looking for a new Documentation Software to replace our non-existing one right now. Everything is done in Word and does not have any organization to it. Its very unorganized and hard to find. Titles are poorly choosen and everything is within one directory so you have to...
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    Onboard NIC not working

    I have a ABIT NF7-S V2 motherboard and the onboard NIC stopped working all of a sudden. I keep getting Error Code 10 - This device cannot start I've tried the lastest driver. I've deleted it, but Windows XP will not even detect it on startup so I have to manually install it. But still no...
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    Testing Cable Modem

    Is there any software out there that can test a cable modem to tell if it's possible going bad or has problems? Seems my ISP says theres no problem with the signal going to my modem. But my problem is every now and then I'll start to lose connectivity. It will start out slow and then just...
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    VGA or DVI

    Out of curiousity, will hooking up a monitor to the DVI make any sort of difference vs using just the regular VGA?
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    Flat PCMCIA USB card for laptop

    Anyone know of a PCMCIA USB adapter card that is almost completly flat. I have two slots but one is being used by my Linksys wireless card and I dont think most PCMCIA adapter cards will fit under it in the other slot. NOTE: card must be self powering, ie: not having to plug into another...
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    Router causing random high pings

    Background: So far I have two routers (Linksys BEFSX41 and WRT54GS) which by the way one is only a year old and the wireless is brand new. I never used to have this problem until about a couple months ago. Everything seems to work fine but sometimes when I play online games my ping jumps...
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    Speaker hookup?

    My motherboard has 4 pins for the speaker hookup but my Cheiftec case speaker only has two wires. I'm having problems getting my PC to display anything when booting up and I need to find out if there are any beep codes happening. Oh and yes I've testing things like; hard drive does boot in...
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    Why can I not update my Email address?

    Right now I just notice my email address has "REMOVE" added into it. So I figured because it was a free email address I was using. No big deal I have an AOL account that I can use. But everytime I try to update it to the AOL email it replies back with a message saying "You have been forbidden to...
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    Is it bad to leave the case side off?

    I have a question I could not find the answer through searching the forums. How bad is it to leave one of the sides off the case all the time? I have a Chieftec case and I normally leave the side panel off, but someone mentioned to me the other day that is not a very good idea. I've been running...
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    Screwed up Norton Internet Security 2002

    I've been running Norton Internet Security 2002 for a while now with no problems, but recently the Internet firewall part of it got screwed up but the Antivirus works fine. So I was just tring to uninstall the Internet part but leave the Antivirus, well I guess you can't do that cause it deleted...
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    How to Ghost laptop with pcmcia

    I'm tring to ghost a HP Omnibook XE2 with a 3com 3CCFE574BT pcmcia card. I have spoke with HP, Norton, and 3com about this with no help. (They don't support Ghosting) I've got the card working normally, only by using an unsupported 3com driver. Mind you, I'm doing this over a network as well...
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    Booting prob w/ 2 HDs

    Quick summary, originally had two hard drives set up with one having Windows 2K & XP and the other one with just XP. Drive 1=Win2k, XP 20GB Drive 2=XP 80GB I used to get a boot screen for all three operating systems. I just got a new ABIT NF7-S, 2600+, and Memory. But before putting that...
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    Is this a hot deal or scam?

    [link deleted] These prices are really cheap, but them seem fishy. Also its coming shipped from Eastern Europe w/ free shipping. :confused: --- Do you really have to ask? AnandTech Moderator]
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    Cisco Switch 3548-xl logging?

    I want to setup our Cisco 3548 switch so that the loggings are recorded and sent to a syslog server. I have been told you can do this, but I am unfamilar as to how. Thanks Zick